In an effort to shutdown the Central American caravan, President Trump signed an executive order, requiring all asylum seekers to make their claim at a Border Patrol "port of entry". Anyone entering the US illegally will automatically be denied asylum and presumably arrested. ...

Well, that's at least reasonable, because if someone bypasses the immigration process entirely, then he or she cannot be officially be granted asylum and refugee status.

Did I just say that Trump was being reasonable?

Wait ... whose reality is this, and why can't I wake up from it?

They weren't bypassing the immigration process entirely. They were following it as it was written. They were required to file for asylum from US soil - but they weren't required to enter via an official port of entry before. Trump simply changed the rules to suit his ideals.

_________________No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

I don't have a problem with that. I've always wondered why asylum claims were not required to be made before one enters the country. I think the only problem would be if someone needs to flee a country due to political persecution and would not be safe until out of that country, the closest safe country was a neighboring country, and their life would be at risk if they attempted to enter through an official port of entry. For example, someone fleeing from North Korea to China or East Germany to West Germany.

A federal judge barred the Trump administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally.

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Nov. 9 that said anyone who crossed the southern border between official ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum. As the first of several caravans of migrants have started arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump said an asylum ban was necessary to stop what he’s attacked as a national security threat.

But in his ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar agreed with legal groups that immediately sued, arguing that U.S. immigration law clearly allows someone to seek asylum even if they enter the country between official ports of entry.

“Whatever the scope of the President’s authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden,” said Tigar, a nominee of former President Barack Obama ...